Chapter 18. She was finally his, completely and utterly...
Through a thick fog of blood, their eyes met. In that instant, Su Muying felt his gaze pierce through the fog, like burning iron, branding itself firmly onto her.
It's over.
Su Muying keenly sensed something, and for some reason, she suddenly felt that it was impossible...
Xie Linyuan could no longer let her go.
Su Muying stood frozen in place, while the crowd began to scream.
"Kill! Murder!"
"Run!"
"Murder! Ugh—"
The panicked screams were mixed with the sounds of vomiting. Anyone who glanced at the half-chopped corpse would vomit in terror.
Xie Linyuan stood quietly in place.
He sheathed his sword and beckoned to Su Muying, who was equally stunned and terrified.
"come over."
He whispered those two words.
These two words were clearly spoken very softly, but they pierced through the surrounding shouts and noise, landing clearly and eerily in Su Muying's ears.
The body, cleaved in two, was still on the ground. The image of him splitting the man in two with a single sword stroke kept flashing before her eyes. The surroundings were filled with a nauseating stench of blood. Perhaps because she was too frightened, Su Muying simply did not dare to disobey Xie Linyuan at this moment, and somehow walked over.
When Xie Linyuan saw the woman obediently walking towards him, his peach blossom eyes curved upwards slightly, and the coldness on his face finally subsided a bit.
She seemed terrified, walking unsteadily, her face as white as paper, her eyes bloodshot, the pearl hairpin in her hair dangling precariously, and tears clinging to her eyelashes, threatening to fall.
How pitiful.
How did you get so scared?
Xie Linyuan stepped forward and kicked away the unsightly half of the corpse on the ground. Blood splattered onto the flowers beside him, which, nourished by the blood, looked even more beautiful.
As Su Muying stumbled and staggered toward Xie Linyuan in a panic, her body limp and about to fall to the ground, Xie Linyuan reached out and caught her by her slender waist, pulling her into his arms with a forceful pull.
A chilling, frosty atmosphere suddenly enveloped her, and for a fleeting moment, Su Muying felt a sense of peace.
But this sense of relief lasted only a moment. After that moment, the familiar fear and dread swept over her again.
Calloused fingers gently caressed the woman's cheek with an eerily tender touch.
Xie Linyuan's fingertips had developed thin calluses, and every time he rubbed against her skin, it would cause her to tremble.
When Su Muying's eyes welled up with tears, his slender fingers paused at the tip of her chin, applying a little pressure, and Su Muying could only look up at him.
She was crying, her hands clenched into fists and placed on his chest.
Her delicate face was flushed with spring, her eyes were brimming with tears, like pear blossoms in the rain, as if she were weeping and lamenting.
Xie Linyuan's eyes gradually darkened.
The woman in his arms was so soft and boneless, as light as a butterfly, that it seemed he could crush her completely with the slightest force.
Many times, Xie Linyuan did indeed want to destroy her.
He found it amusing.
Seeing her cry excites him more than seeing her laugh.
At least, those tears were genuinely shed for him.
Is that right?
My sister-in-law.
"It was just killing a beast, and my sister-in-law was terrified..."
"How pitiful..."
"It seems I can no longer let my sister-in-law go out..."
"So many people covet my sister-in-law, and she's so disobedient, she's seducing people..."
"We still have to lock my sister-in-law up..."
"That way, my sister-in-law will never be able to seduce men again..."
"Is that right?"
As her consciousness gradually returned, and after hearing what Xie Linyuan had said, Su Muying, filled with fear and anger, shook her head desperately, pleading with him incoherently:
"I didn't, I didn't, please, please don't..."
"Be good." His fingertip lightly touched her slightly parted lips. When the bone-chilling coldness emanated from him, Su Muying suddenly froze. All the pleas on her lips were swallowed back.
"Before I get any worse ideas..."
"Be good, sister-in-law..."
"OK?"
The unique, snow-like coldness emanating from Xie Linyuan, mixed with an extremely strong smell of blood, enveloped her. Her whole body was convulsing, and she knew nothing more.
Xie Linyuan looked at the trembling, obedient woman in his arms, who was tightly clutching his clothes, and his eyes grew increasingly dark.
The man's Adam's apple bobbed heavily. He then raised his hand again and gently wiped away the blood from the corners of her eyes, the tip of her nose, and her cheeks with his fingertips. Then, he picked her up and carried her horizontally.
He carried her like that, walked through the chaotic, screaming crowd, and walked out the door with an air of nonchalance.
Wu Zizhuo watched Xie Linyuan carry Su Muying out of the princess's residence, and seemed to smile, but the smile gradually froze at the corner of his mouth.
——
Xie Linyuan carried Su Muying out of the princess's residence and onto the carriage.
Qingshan was waiting for orders when he saw his master carrying the young lady Su into the carriage. Although he was startled, he was very perceptive and didn't ask any questions. He then drove the carriage back to the Xie residence.
The carriage was filled with the fragrance of sandalwood, but it couldn't mask the strong stench of blood.
Both of their fine clothes were stained with blood, and Xie Linyuan's face was also splattered with blood, but the girl in his arms had a fair and flawless face.
He wiped away all the blood.
The girl in his arms seemed to have fainted from fright.
Her closed eyes trembled occasionally, her eyelashes still quivering anxiously, one hand clenched into a fist, the other still gripping his clothes tightly.
Xie Linyuan chuckled inwardly: "So fragile..."
His voice was soft, his eyes were lowered, his long eyelashes were closed, and his deep gaze, like that of a venomous snake, was fixed on her face.
Even after fainting, the girl seemed unable to bear such a gaze. She trembled with fear again, and a glimmer of tears welled up in the corners of her eyes, sliding down and wetting the fingertips that were stroking her face.
A moist and warm touch.
A pause in the fingertips.
Xie Linyuan was slightly taken aback. His gaze slowly moved up from the girl's lips, landing on the corners of her still watery eyes. He lowered his head, leaned close to her ear, and said in a soft, husky voice:
"Don't be afraid..."
"That man is dead."
"Don't be afraid..."
He thought Su Muying was still scared by what had just happened, so he put his hand under her legs and pulled her onto his lap. He lowered his head even further, and the warm breath between his lips and teeth brushed against the girl's neck, causing her to blush again.
"Don't be afraid..."
The girl in his arms trembled even more violently. She shivered and unconsciously snuggled into his arms, as if she were having a nightmare in her sleep. She even sobbed softly, and her tears soaked his clothes.
Xie Linyuan's eyes seemed to have become moist as well.
A strange glint flashed in his eyes.
The next moment, he hugged her even tighter, cupped her small face in his hands, and turned her face, which was buried in his arms, towards him.
The girl's face was flushed red, her hair was sticky and messy, and tears were still streaming from the corners of her eyes, yet she still clung tightly to his clothes.
Xie Linyuan looked at the person in his arms, his peach blossom eyes slightly closed, and a misty fog filled his eyes again.
He raised his hand, his fingers tracing down her tearful eyes, stopping abruptly at her rosy lips.
His fingertips seemed to be probing into her lips, and when he felt the wet, soft touch, his fingers trembled violently.
The mist in my eyes grew thicker, as if a damp spring drizzle had suddenly appeared.
A shimmering, dreamlike quality arises once more.
He withdrew his fingers, tucked the strands of hair stuck to the corner of the girl's mouth behind her ear, and held her face in one hand.
She is so fragile.
She was in his hands; controlling her and destroying her seemed so effortless.
It can also very easily trigger those suppressed desires.
Under the daily oppression, they had long since mutated into an extremely terrifying existence.
It will explode completely if it is provoked by anything.
For example, the death of his elder brother.
His brother is dead.
His elder brother had died long ago.
Xie Linyuan, you're happy too, aren't you?
You must be very fortunate, right?
Hahahaha—
She is his.
It's his.
Finally, it's his.
Thoroughly.
Xie Linyuan's long eyelashes trembled slightly. He stared at that face, and a thousand evil thoughts and malices arose in his mind. The mist in his eyes grew even deeper.
As if lured by something, he slowly lowered his head, his lips brushing against the tip of her nose. Just as he was about to cover that soft spot, he saw the girl's lips part and murmur something incoherently:
"Lin'an, Lin'an..."
"Lin'an, don't go!"
These words were extremely subtle, but because the two were so close at that moment, they were heard by Xie Linyuan with perfect clarity.
He heard it.
He heard it.
The shimmering light in those peach blossom eyes instantly twisted into a scarlet crimson.
——
Xie Linyuan carried Su Muying back to the Xie residence.
Upon entering the Xie residence, he carried her directly to the back courtyard.
He exuded a chilling aura, his murderous intent still lingering, and his body was splattered with blood. No one in the Xie family dared to approach him.
Even when Xie's mother bumped into her son and wanted to ask him about the banquet, Xie Linyuan didn't reply with a single word.
Seeing Xie Linyuan in this state, with the unconscious Su Muying in his arms, Xie's mother had a bad feeling, but she didn't dare to ask her son. She could only send someone outside to inquire about the situation.
Xie Linyuan carried Su Muying into a room.
This is a room without windows on any side, and it's the room he's used to keep in solitary confinement since he was a child.
He spent countless days and nights here in darkness.
He knew what it was like to be alone in the dark, unable to hear anything.
I also know that someone as fragile as her, someone who needs to sleep with the lights on at night, must be terrified and crying uncontrollably.
He knew; he knew everything.
But now, he intends to imprison her here.
The room was dark and cold, with no lights on and no light penetrating the room.
After Xie Linyuan carried Su Muying to the bed, he sat down beside her, reached out and gently stroked her face with the back of his fingers, remaining silent for a long time.
Seemingly feeling the chill, Su Muying shivered in her drowsy state and gradually woke up.
She opened her eyes, but when she did, she saw nothing.
Only darkness.
Was it a nightmare?
Where is she?
All she remembered was that person at the banquet trying to force her to drink, which she kept refusing. Suddenly, Xie Linyuan appeared and cleaved the person in two with a single sword stroke... while still looking at her and beckoning her to come over.
She couldn't remember what happened after that; was she so frightened that she fainted?
So where is she now?
Su Muying thought she wasn't fully awake yet, so she opened her eyes, closed them again, and blinked several times to make sure she was conscious and not dreaming, but she still didn't feel the light she was supposed to see.
It was still pitch black in front of her.
Why?
Is she blind, or...?
Suddenly plunged into this endless darkness, Su Muying's heart sank.
She was afraid of the dark; she simply couldn't stay in such unknown darkness alone for long.
The darkness felt like a giant vortex that would swallow her whole.
She will... break down.
No! She wants to leave!
Su Muying inevitably panicked. She sat up, opened her eyes wide, and subconsciously reached into the darkness, when someone grabbed her hand.
In the darkness, the tangible sensation of skin touching made her feel at ease for a moment, but before she could relax, the chill that came from the touch of palms made her suddenly freeze.
It felt like touching a piece of ice; it was so cold.
She instinctively tried to pull her hand back, but found that... her hand was being held tightly in her palm, and she couldn't move an inch.
The force seemed to grow stronger, and when a faint pain and cold came at the same time, Su Muying almost jolted, her head feeling numb.
It's Xie Linyuan...
What does he want to do?
No, it can't be...
Su Muying felt a chill creep through her body, her limbs stiffening, yet her hazy consciousness grew increasingly clear.
She swallowed hard in shock, and as a terrifying and absurd thought spread through her mind, a voice indeed came from the darkness.
That familiar voice, which filled her with fear and dread.
Xie Linyuan's voice.
She heard him speaking to her, in an excited tone, with heavy, beast-like breathing:
"From then on, my sister-in-law stayed here obediently..."
"I will feed my sister-in-law and give her water."
"I will help my sister-in-law get dressed and comb her hair."
"Sister-in-law, stay here obediently and don't go anywhere..."
"OK?"
A note from the author:
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Next, the male protagonist will continue, continue, continue to break down in defenses [doge emoji]
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